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Saturday, August 29, 2009

Saturday, August 29, 2009

I can't dislike viral photo e-mails too much - after all, one of them inspired this blog - but since there are now several divorce-cake e-mails flying through the interwebs, I'm pretty sure the only way I can get you lovely loyal Wreckporters to STOP SENDING THEM is by posting some. So...

"ARE YOU HAPPY NOW?!?"

Whoah. Sorry. The bitter vibes must be getting to me. Let's see if I can find something a little sweeter...

Ah, much better. Look how cute! Who knew blood spatters could be that adorable?

(And if you're wondering if the groom ever pushes the bride off, then the answer is yes.)

And by the way, while today's cakes are funny, they're also extremely well-made. I know this. So there's no need to point it out in the comments, Ok? We're laughing with these bakers, not at them.

In fact, Elite Cake Creations even specializes in divorce cakes. They get pretty creative with their designs, too:

While some divorce cakes can be more biting than funny, this one never fails to make me smile:

I think it's those little feet sticking out, Wicked Witch style. Heh. Plus, I was delighted to learn this was made by a bakery right in central Florida. Kudos, Sprinkles Custom Cakes!

Let's end with what I'm sure was a gag cake, but is still good for a chuckle:

Note to guys: don't get any ideas. We only think it's funny if someone ELSE gets it.

And lastly, I think this is a perfect time to wish my fantabulous hubby, John, a happy 11th wedding anniversary. (Yes, really.) I love you, Sweetie! Here's to growing old and increasingly alarming to our friends together.

Thanks to the many billions of you who sent in the various Divorce Cake e-mails. Over. And over. And over again.

I have to admit I'm a little put off by people actually celebrating divorce. I can appreciate the relief from getting out, but I don't know....I suppose there are a lot of different factors involved. Having said that, the graveyard cake is cool.

I had a friend who got divorced. We got him a 'Happy Divorce, Tom!' cake. It was just a little chocolate cake with writing on it and it was awesome and the bakery had a good laugh.

Also as a dollhouse miniaturist (who blogs about it) I must say I love the miniature coffin though wonder if they 'stole' it from miniaturists and fitted it with a ring box, or if it's approximately 1:12 scale and I could pull the ring box out to use it as a dollhouse miniature?

From the viewpoint that these weddings couldn't be as happy as some I know (like mine, thankfully), it's sad. But thinking of marriages like my parents', I'd have definitely gotten my mom one of these! And the celebration would have been heartfelt!

Congratulations on 11 years John & Jen! May there be no divorce cakes in your future!

Though I totally wish I would have thought of this when my now husband's divorce finally went through. His ex drug it out two years, then took their kids out to a fancy restaurant to celebrate when she got the final papers.

Is it just a little fitting and funny that "Elizabeth Taylor" commented on the post about divorces? Hmmm?And I know someone who was told on their anniversary, "Happy Anniversary, I want a divorce." I don't think any cake was involved though!Happy 11th to you!

Having just finalized a divorce a few months ago, this post totally makes me want one of these cakes!!! Yes, it can be sad when you are the one being divorced, and you didn't want it/deserve it/see it coming... However, Sometimes a divorce is a blessing in disguise. Seriously, why would you want to keep a lying, abusive, cheating, lazy dead weight around your neck for the rest of your life? Lets not get into why we married them in the first place.

I know some people have said these are said (my fave is the wicked witch style groom-leg cake)but I have to politely differ. I submit to you that these are divorces that went well, so to speak. I mean, any divorce that ends in cake is better than one that ends up in a funeral, custody battle or anything getting lit on fire. Am I right?

Oh, if only I had known about such things when my ex left me for the younger, thinner woman!Ah, but I'm coming up on a divorce anniversary soon. It's time to celebrate the healing with one of these, I think!Bravo!These are wonderful! Thanks for posting them.

@Monica the Garden Faerie...All joking aside, my 24 year marriage has been in the crapper for the past few years. Just trying to get kids out of high school and finances in order. When the time comes, I might privately celebrate, but can't imagine hosting an event that requires cake. I think Sparky summed it up pretty well.

That garbage cake is great. It even has a teeny tiny rat. But my favourite is the Oz cake. Think how much better Miss Havisham's life would've been if she's been able to get a cake like that delivered, instead of hanging on to the old one.

I have to agree that you might not find the humor in these unless you've been in and gotten out of a bad marriage. Personally, I celebrate everyday that I am no longer married. I was never happily married but I am very happily divorced.

If I had to pick one of these to aid in the celebration, it would have to be the upside down tier cake - brilliant.

Anonymous said... Am I the only one who doesn't get the icky greenish trail down the second cake?________________________________I see what you think, but look again. It's the inside of the cake- a slice has been removed from each layer.

I can understand someone wanting to celebrate a divorce - as a divorcee myself, I can tell you how thrilled I was when the final papers came through after 3 agonizing months of being in process - but feeling compelled to celebrate it in cake?? Maybe not...then again, cake and a divorce party certainly beats an all day bender, or a weekend in Vegas where you hook up with everything that has a Y chromosome.

We were the ones to give our friend the divorce cake- it wasn't him getting it made for himself and throwing himself a party. We wanted to cheer him up and remind him that he can now move on from her emotional abuse. That in itself was sad, but really, he could now go off and do what he wanted to do. And it had been a very long divorce process, he needed something relieving.

... he also got a friend to throw his ring into a volcano in New Zealand and film it. I think that's awesome.

I find the violence of the first two cakes off-putting (blood smears? really?). You'll notice that the Berlesconi cake did not have any blood on it - I suspect because many people wouldn't find that level of violence towards women (even a fake, cake-topper woman) acceptable. Here endeth the lesson.

But what the heck is the long, brown, striped thing down the side of the second cake?

Second: the cakes are magnificent! It might seem strange to happily married people, but I totally get this. My dad started cheating on my mum when she had to go to the hospital for what doctors thought was breast cancer (it wasn't cancer, but she had to stay in hospital for a long while). She didn't now at that time, but they started having fights, the house was never a cosy place, and I remember realising something was wrong when she didn't even get a kiss on New Year.

When she finally found out, he had be cheating on her for four years, and he took of with the most idiotic bimbo you'll ever come across. It was awefull, but two months into the separation we noticed how much more relaxed it was at home, no longer the constant tension of an upcoming row. When the divorce papers were finally signed, we cracked open a bottle of champagne, and I think we had cake as well, but it didn't have special inscriptions or anythin. Just a plain, yummy cake. Sometimes, divorce is a thing to celebrate!

Mixed feelings here. I look and 'Oh funny, haha'. But the violent images are just a bit much for me, on a cake. If there were ones of women being shot or shoved down a baked flight of stairs, or being dragged, there would be a huge outcry. I'm not in favor (even in pastry) of violence against any person, male or female.

If you've never been through the pain of divorce, you don't know the sadness, anger, mourning and other assorted ickyness that goes with it. So if these cakes are helping people process that, amen and hallelujah. Don't judge.

To the Anonymous poster who just submitted an angry comment that I rejected,

I didn't put up your comment because I didn't want you to get bashed on the comment board. Please understand, Jen uses anger and exasperation as humorous tools. She always appreciates the work that you guys go through to find wrecks and it's still exciting for us to watch the wrecks roll in every day. Aside from the thorax cake. And any porn cakes. But I digress.

No offense was meant by Jen's comments. She was just kidding. And, by all means, keep the wrecks coming.

Does anyone else find it a little alarming and unfunny to have murder and malice so celebrated? While the one cake of the husband pushing the wife off was no better than these, it was considerably more mild. I can't help but wonder if any bakery would agree to portray a mutilated or buried wife next to a smiling husband on a cake (or a husband robbing a wife of all her possession and leaving her in the poorhouse, as I've also seen), or if anyone would find it acceptable, much less funny. More than likely, the bachelor to be would be hauled off to the police station for questioning and chastised by those around him. So why put up with it, and reward it, the other way around? (For a fun alternative way of looking at it, replace "wife" and "husband" with "black person" and "white person" and see how it looks.)

Seriously?! How awesome are these.. I've never even heard of a "divorce cake" and can't believe that people actually make these. Even though they are probably going to ruin people's lives... they are quite amusing. My favorite it the first one.-sylviaCigar Reviews

To me, the cakes with the violence, the trash-tossing, etc., speak more of a mean-spirited attitude of bitterness (and festering misandry) than of a healthy moving-on. The longer you let it figure prominently in your life, the longer you continue the bad relationship, dontcha think?

And yes, I've been in abusive relationships. I found if I "celebrated" my escape, it took longer to REALLY get over it. Spite helps no one. The sooner you get over it, the sooner you...well...get over it.

I am divorced. I've never had a happy divorce party or a happy divorce cake.

It amuses me to no end that comments range from "funny, but sad", "this is depressing", or "I'm put off by this" because I simply cannot understand why people feel this way. I guess bc I'm assuming the people who would have such a cake are celebrating and not crying in their ice cream cartons agonizing over the failed marriage. I'm also assuming that for the cake owners their marriage was probably over quite awhile ago anyways, so its more tongue in cheek.

Happy 11th Anniversary. I love your tribute to your husband that you will grow old n alarming to your friends. Awesome.

As for the divorce cakes, in some ways it could be a way to heal the wounds divorce leave behind. It's never a fun or easy thing to go through. I think it's better if your best friend gets it for you then buying it yourself. Laughter is the best medicine.

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